Anna Harrington
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Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Born Anna (Bourke), she married Timothy Harrington. Anna was one of the first teachers of the National School in Humffray St, (later to become Humffray Street Primary School). She also taught at Father Downing’s school (later known as St Alipius) in 1853. Anna was present at the Eureka Stockade, and attended the wounded at the request of Fr Patrick Smyth. Anna Harrington made a flag hoisted on a flag pole that could be seen throughout the diggings and used for telling the time of Mass. Anna (Hannah) and Timothy had a son, Phillip Harrington, born in 1852 and baptised at St Francis, Melbourne. Their daughter, Anna, was baptised at St Alipius Chapel, Ballarat on 4 August 1854. The sponsors were Cornelius Maher and Honora Shanahan. Anna’s husband Timothy Harrington was a builder in Ballarat. He worked on the St Alipius Church building, putting down some of the first bricks. He was the son of Edward Harrington and Margaret (Shanahan). Timothy Harrington died on 23 March 1888 at Yendon. Anna died in November 1906. [1]
Post 1854 Experiences
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Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
